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Page 119 - To die, is landing on some silent shore, Where billows never break, nor tempests roar : Ere well we feel the friendly stroke, 'tis o'er.
Page 69 - Reasons we charge you to remove instantly; we don't give you the Liberty to think about it. You are Women. Take the Advice of a wise Man, and remove immediately.
Page 206 - O'erlook the foe, advantag'd by his post, Lessen his numbers, and contract his host: Though fens and floods possess'd the middle space, That unprovok'd they would have fear'd to pass; Nor fens nor floods can stop Britannia's bands, When her proud foe rang'd on their borders stands.
Page 114 - This general was, I think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence, too high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and Indians.
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Page 67 - Creek, in a north-westerly direction, as far as a man could walk in a day and a half.
Page 119 - ... very Iroquois in disposition. He had a sister, who, having gamed away all her little fortune at Bath, hanged herself with a truly English deliberation, leaving only a note upon the table with those lines, 'To die is landing on some silent shore,' &c. When Braddock was told of it, he only said, 'Poor Fanny! I always thought she would play till she would be forced to tuck herself up.
Page 142 - Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it, and say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God...
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| Title | The History of an Expedition Against Fort Du Quesne, in 1755: Under Major-General Edward Braddock ... Volume 5 of Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Volume 5 of Pennsylvania. Historical society. Memoirs |
| Editor | Winthrop Sargent |
| Publisher | For the Historical Soc. of Pa., 1856 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Dec 20, 2007 |
| Length | 409 pages |
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